Definition of WIZEN

wizen

Adjective Satellite

  • lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie
    • "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

Adj

  • Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

Verb

Verb Forms: wizened, wizening, wizens

  • To cause to shrivel or become wrinkled with age.
  • To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.

Examples

  • If you let your Scrabble strategy WIZEN, younger players will easily defeat you.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-West Germanic *wisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōną, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”).

Scrabble Score: 17

wizen: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wizen: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wizen: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

wizen: valid Words With Friends Word